john with us here on the desk. and so many people watching this are going to wonder, was there any gas, did anyone smell anything before all of this? >> reporter: that's what's so puzzling. in the days before the blast, no reports of any smells of gas in the area. now, to give you an idea just how powerful this explosion was, look at this aerial image. only a few blocks radius, but people say they could hear and feel it close to three miles away. >> three smiles. john, thanks for leading us off tonight. the team at our station, wrtv, on the screen all day. on the scene all day. drew smith among the first reporters to get inside that neighborhood and he reported in just a short time ago here. >> reporter: david, there's just massive destruction here inside this richmond hills subdivision on the southeast side of indianapolis. you can see there are bulldozers out here. people are working, trying to get everything cleaned up. what used to be five homes less than 24 hours ago are nothing more than rubble. at least 80 h